| 2020 Diamond League | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Edition | 11th |
| Dates | 11 June – 17 October |
| Events | 24 |
| Meetings | 8 |
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The2020Diamond League was the eleventh season of theannual series of outdoortrack and field meetings, organised byWorld Athletics. The competition marked the first major revision to the top levelathletics series since its foundation in 2010. The number of Diamond Discipline events was reduced from 32 to 24, and the dual-meet final format was due to be replaced by a single final, which would have expanded the number of meetings to 15. A second Chinese meeting was added to the calendar. The reduction of events was aimed at allowing a standardised 90-minute television format for the series. Each meeting will host 11 or 12 Diamond Discipline events and some of these events will not be broadcast. Events losing Diamond Discipline status will feature on theWorld Athletics Continental Tour, which will replace theIAAF World Challenge as the second tier of track and field meetings.[1]
Compared with the previous year, the Birmingham meeting moved venues toGateshead due to stadium renovations, while thePrefontaine Classic was due to return toEugene, Oregon following completion of its renovation. TheDoha Diamond League will also return to theQatar Sports Club, the home of the Qatari Diamond League between 2010 and 2018. TheGolden Gala was originally due be held at theSan Paolo Stadium inNaples instead of Rome, due to the renovation of theOlympic Stadium.[2] Initial plans for the 2020 season were to remove theStockholm Bauhaus Athletics from the series and condense the calendar into a much shorter time-frame, but these plans were abandoned after a five-yeartitle sponsorship deal with Chinese conglomerateWanda Group.[3][4][5][6]
Due to then ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic, the format was changed. The series will no longer be a structured series of events leading up to a final and athletes will not earn Diamond League points.[7]
The following nine meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2020 season (note: schedule was revised due to the pandemic and meetings in London, Eugene, Paris, Rabat, Gateshead and Shanghai were cancelled:[8][9][10][11][12]
| Leg | Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country | Events (M+W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | 11 June | Oslo Bislett Games | Bislett Stadium | Oslo |  Norway | 4+0 |
| (2) | 9 July | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich |  Switzerland | 2+1 |
| 3 | 14 August | Herculis | Stade Louis II | Fontvieille |  Monaco | 8+6 |
| 4 | 23 August | BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Stockholm |  Sweden | 8+8 |
| 5 | 2 September | Athletissima | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | Lausanne | Switzerland | 1+1 |
| 6 | 4 September | AG Memorial Van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels |  Belgium | 4+4 |
| 7 | 17 September | Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea | Stadio Olimpico | Rome |  Italy | 8+6 |
| 8 | 25 September | Doha Diamond League | Qatar Sports Club | Doha |  Qatar | 6+5 |
() = Event was modified to no-spectator multi-place interactive event.
| # | Meeting | Long jump | Triple jump | High jump | Pole vault | Shot put | Discus | Javelin |
| 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | - | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 5.86 | Marcus Thomsen (NOR) 21.03 | Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 65.92 | - |
| 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | - |  Pedro Pablo Pichardo (POR)17.40 | - |  Sam Kendricks (USA)5.81 | - | - | - |
| 3 | Herculis | - | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.00 | - | - | - |
| 4 | BAUHAUS-galan |  Rushwal Samaai (RSA)8.09 - SB | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.01 -WL, MR | - | Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 69.17 | - |
| 5 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | - | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.07 WL, DLR, MR | - | - | - |
| 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | - | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.00 - MR | - | - | - |
| 7 | Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea | - | - |  Andriy Protsenko (UKR)2.30 m | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.15 - WL, DLR, NR, PB | Nick Ponzio (USA) 21.09 | - | - |
| 8 | Doha Diamond League | - | - | - | Armand Duplantis (SWE) 5.82 =MR | - | - | - |
| # | Meeting | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 100 m h | 400 m h | 3000 m st |
| 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Herculis | Ajla Del Ponte (SUI) 11.16 | - | Lynna Irby (USA) 50.50 - WL | - | - |  Hellen Obiri (KEN)14:22.12 - WL, MR | - | - | - |
| 4 | BAUHAUS-galan | Ajla Del Ponte (SUI) 11.20 | - | Wadeline Jonathas (USA) 51.94 |  Jemma Reekie (GBR)1:59.68 | Laura Muir (GBR) 3:57.86 - WL | - | Luminosa Bogliolo (ITA) 12.88 |  Femke Bol (NED)54.68 | - |
| 5 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | Rani Rosius (BEL) 11.43 | - |  Iga Baumgart-Witan (POL)52.13 | - | - | - | Anne Zagre (BEL) 13.21 | - | - |
| 7 | Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea |  Elaine Thompson (JAM)10.85 - WL | - | Lieke Klaver (NED) 50.98 | Jemma Reekie (GBR) 1:59.76 | - | - | Nadine Visser (NED) 12.72 | Femke Bol (NED) 53.90 | - |
| 8 | Doha Diamond League | Elaine Thompson (JAM) 10.87 | - | - | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 1:57.68 - WL, PB | - | Hellen Obiri (KEN) 8:22.54 - WL | Payton Chadwick (USA) 12.78 - SB | - | - |
| # | Meeting | Long jump | Triple jump | High jump | Pole vault | Shot put | Discus | Javelin |
| 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | - | - | - | Sandi Morris (USA) 4.66 - SB | - | - | - |
| 3 | Herculis | - |  Yulimar Rojas (VEN)14.27 - SB | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 1.98 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | BAUHAUS-galan | - | - | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.00 - WL | Holly Bradshaw (GBR) 4.69 - WL | - | - | - |
| 5 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | - | - | - | Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.72 | - | - | - |
| 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | - | - |  Nicola McDermott (AUS)1.91 | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea | - | - | Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) 1.98 | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Doha Diamond League | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) 6.91 - SB | - | - | - | - | - | - |
